29 December 2021

Musorgskij, Rachmaninoff - Horowitz, Koussevitzky


 

To conclude this 2021, another CD from the Koussevitzky series.

See you soon and happy new year!



MUSORGSKIJ

A night on Bald Mountain

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Live - December 30, 1944


RACHMANINOFF

Piano Concerto n. 3

Vladimir Horowitz, pf

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Live - August 31, 1950


SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY


FLAC and Scans






23 December 2021

Mahler Symphony no. 8 - Prêtre 1971



MAHLER

Symphony no. 8


Margerita RINALDI, Radmila BAKOCEVIC

Beverly WOLFF, Lucretia WEST

Lajos KOZMA, Dan JORDACHESCU

Tugomir FRANC


Prague Philharmonic Choir 

Coro di Roma della RAI

Coro di voci bianche della Rai

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI 

Georges Prêtre

September 30, 1971

Roma, Teatro Olimpico

FLAC 



16 December 2021

Tchaikovsky 4 - Leningrad PO Mravinsky (1957)

 




Another "alternative version": this time compared 
to the very famous Fourth on DG. 
Plus the Serenade for strings (recorded in 1949).

FLAC & Scans

12 December 2021

Shostakovich 7 Rozhdestvensky (1968)


 


Recording: January 8, 1968


Obviously not the famous version 

with the USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra 

on Olympia/Melodiya (1984)


Flac & Scans



9 December 2021

Stravinsky - Leningrad Philharmonic, Mravinsky


 

Mravinsky left us perhaps the best Agon and a beautiful version of Apollon Musagete, but his Stravinsky discography, unfortunately, is rather limited: in particular, the two recordings that you can find here have not had many reprints; anyway, they deserve to be known. 


FLAC and scans






8 December 2021

Prokofiev Chout, Waltzes etc Rozhdestvensky

 





A selection of "almost rare" works by Prokofiev, including the beautiful Waltz Suite.


FLAC with scans & details






3 December 2021

Elgar, Britten - Rostropovich




Elgar's Cello Concerto and the world premiere of Britten's "Cello Symphony" 

dedicated to Rostropovich, conducted by the composer in Moscow.


FLAC

Scans with details included


1 December 2021

Mahler 4 Oistrakh + 10 Adagio Rozhdestvensky


 


I continue with the first CD of the new series, which I'll alternate with other AS. 
Unfortunately I have already found two "bronzed" Koussevizky disc 
("Eroica" & Brahms 3-4), but others remain...


MAHLER

Symphony no. 4 

DAVID OISTRAKH

Jan 22, 1967


Symphony no. 10 (Adagio)

GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY

1963


Flac + Scans